/*
 * Created on Jun 23, 2004
 *
 */
package net.sourceforge.fenixedu.util;

/**
 * @author Pica
 * @author Barbosa
 */
public class NameUtils extends FenixUtil {

    /**
     * returns the person last name
     */
    public static String getLastName(String name) {
	if (name != null) {
	    String tempNome = name.trim();
	    if (tempNome.lastIndexOf(" ") == -1) // There is no space in the
	    // name
	    {
		if (tempNome.length() == 0) // The name is empty
		{
		    return "";
		}

		return tempNome.trim();

	    }

	    return tempNome.substring(tempNome.lastIndexOf(" "), tempNome.length()).trim();

	}
	return "";
    }

    /**
     * @return the person first names (the whole name except it's last
     */
    public static String getFirstName(String name) {
	if (name != null) {
	    String tempNome = name.trim();
	    if (tempNome.lastIndexOf(" ") == -1) // There is no space in the
	    // name
	    {
		if (tempNome.length() == 0) // The name is empty
		{
		    return "";
		}

		return tempNome;

	    }

	    return tempNome.substring(0, tempNome.lastIndexOf(" "));

	}
	return "";
    }

}